Deck 35: The Upheavals of Asia, 1945-Present

Question 1

A non-aligned nation for the second half of the twentieth century was a nation

A) without allies.
B) without a strong military.
C) which didn't take sides in the Cold War.
D) without enemies on their direct borders.

Answer 1

which didn't take sides in the Cold War.

Question 2

Gandhi's political heir was

A) Indira Gandhi.
B) Rajiv Gandhi.
C) Benazir Bhutto.
D) Jawaharlal Nehru.

Answer 2

Jawaharlal Nehru.

Question 3

Which of the following statements about Indira Gandhi is NOT True?

A) She was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
B) She initiated programs to provide the poor with housing and land.
C) She forcibly sterilized millions of men in an effort to slow population growth.
D) She was an advocate of the Green Revolution.

Answer 3

She was the daughter of Mahatma Gandhi.

Question 4

East Pakistan gained independence as

A) India.
B) Nepal.
C) Afghanistan.
D) Bangladesh.

Question 5

Which of these had all the advantages - numeric and strategic - in China in 1946?

A) the Nationalists
B) the Communists
C) the Soviet Union
D) the provisional government

Question 6

During WWII, the Japanese used "comfort women" as their sex slaves. These women were from

A) China.
B) Korea.
C) Vietnam.
D) Japan.

Question 7

Which nation's name means the "Land of the Pure"?

A) India
B) Pakistan
C) Vietnam
D) Myanmar

Question 8

The term "Japan, Incorporated", refers to which of these?

A) the role of corporations in the democratic process
B) the dominance of corporations in domestic life
C) the state's large and active role in business
D) the introduction of capitalism to Japan in the 1980s

Question 9

Why did the Muslim League initially oppose Indian independence?

A) Independence would weaken the economic power of Muslims in India.
B) Any Indian state would have a Hindu majority.
C) Independence would bring conflict with Burma.
D) Gandhi's plan for independence involved a secular state.

Question 10

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared independence for Vietnam. In his speech, he quoted from

A) the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen.
B) Magna Carta.
C) the United States Declaration of Independence.
D) the Bible.

Question 11

Pakistan, as it emerged from independence in 1947 was weakened by

A) war with Afghanistan.
B) being made of two widely separated halves.
C) lack of religious unity.
D) conflict with Burma.

Question 12

Which region has served for decades as a source of conflict between Hindus and Muslims?

A) Calcutta
B) Kashmir
C) Indonesia
D) Burma

Question 13

Indira Gandhi was murdered by extremist members of what sect?

A) Sunni Muslims
B) Shia Muslims
C) Hindus
D) Sikhs

Question 14

The first woman to head a modern Muslim country was

A) Indira Gandhi.
B) Benazir Bhutto.
C) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
D) Khadija Ali.

Question 15

What was the state of civil conflict in China in 1945?

A) The Communists were the clear winners in the civil conflict.
B) The country was divided between Nationalists and Communists.
C) The Soviets had assured the victory of the Nationalists.
D) A truce ended the conflict, giving dominance to the Nationalists.

Question 16

Under Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan

A) developed a vibrant democracy.
B) made peace with India, stabilizing the region.
C) suffered from corrupt military rule.
D) aligned itself closely with the Soviet Union.

Question 17

During the Cold War, India was a leader of the

A) Asian Communist countries.
B) nonaligned nations.
C) Asian members of NATO.
D) Asians supporters of Western nations.

Question 18

General Douglas MacArthur did all of the following in Japan EXCEPT

A) serve as occupation commander in Japan.
B) help reduce the emperor to symbolic status.
C) allow male suffrage while denying female suffrage.
D) hold a war crimes tribunal.

Question 19

Mahatma Gandhi predicted that "rivers of blood would flow" because of

A) the assassination of a prominent Pakistani politician.
B) Britain's refusal to grant Indian independence.
C) the partition of the Indian subcontinent.
D) American occupation of India.

Question 20

Pakistan got caught up in the Cold War largely because of

A) its animosity towards India.
B) India joined the Soviet bloc.
C) its proximity to Afghanistan.
D) its alliance with India.

Question 21

Which president was in office during "ping pong diplomacy"?

A) John F. Kennedy
B) Richard Nixon
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George H.W. Bush

Question 22

Which American president lost public support after the Tet Offensive?

A) John F. Kennedy
B) Dwight Eisenhower
C) Richard Nixon
D) Lyndon Johnson

Question 23

As in the Soviet Union, China's first Five-Year Plan encouraged

A) free market agriculture.
B) industrialization.
C) democratic reforms.
D) a move towards capitalism.

Question 24

MacArthur was relieved of his duties in Korea because

A) the war ended in a truce.
B) he could not defeat the communists.
C) he openly questioned an order stopping him from attacking China.
D) he backed a corrupt regime in South Korea that was involved in a UN scandal.

Question 25

The Geneva Accords divided Indochina into four independent states. Which of the following was NOT one of these four states?

A) North Vietnam
B) Laos
C) Cambodia
D) Burma

Question 26

How was China's economy affected by the Great Leap Forward?

A) It was decentralized.
B) It was centralized.
C) It was urbanized.
D) It was greatly improved.

Question 27

The Geneva Accords called for elections in 1956 to unite the country of

A) Korea.
B) Vietnam.
C) Cambodia.
D) China.

Question 28

What change in policy was introduced in South Korea by Kim Dae-jung?

A) opening of friendly relations with the United States
B) overtures to North Korea
C) open conflict with Japan
D) suppression of civil liberties

Question 29

Deng Xiaoping represented what direction in Chinese politics?

A) a return to traditional Chinese imperial rule
B) a return to the Cultural Revolution
C) economic reforms and limited capitalism
D) democratization

Question 30

Why did the U.S. and Britain support French control of Vietnam after World War II?

A) in exchange for French support for British control of Burma
B) to keep France a strong counter against the Soviet Union
C) to oppose the Japanese occupation
D) to keep China out of Vietnam

Question 31

Taiwan held China's United Nations seat until

A) 1951.
B) 1961.
C) 1971.
D) 1981.

Question 32

Which of these aspects of Mao's regime resembled China's imperial past?

A) the exalted position of Mao himself
B) the place of women in society
C) the attitude towards education
D) reverence for the past

Question 33

South Vietnamese communists were known as the

A) Viet Cong.
B) Viet Minh.
C) Khmer Rouge.
D) Dien Bien Phu.

Question 34

The U.S. opposed mandated elections in Vietnam in 1956 for what reason?

A) to avoid the likely election of Communists
B) because of the interference of the Soviet Union
C) to protest a history of election fraud
D) to keep Vietnam under a UN mandate

Question 35

At the beginning of the Korean War, what country was ruled by Syngman Rhee?

A) North Korea
B) South Korea
C) China
D) Taiwan

Question 36

The First Indochina War was fought between the Vietminh and

A) South Vietnam.
B) Japan.
C) Korea.
D) France.

Question 37

In the Korean War, the United Nations did what for the first time?

A) impose sanctions
B) use military force
C) side with a Communist country
D) opt not to act

Question 38

"Ping pong diplomacy" refers to improving relations between

A) the USSR and China.
B) China and Taiwan.
C) the USSR and the United States
D) the United States and China.

Question 39

The Nationalist government in Taiwan adopted the name

A) National Republic of Taiwan.
B) National Republic of China.
C) Republic of China.
D) People's Republic of China.

Question 40

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

A) improved the Chinese economy.
B) stabilized Chinese society.
C) isolated China from the world.
D) built schools and businesses.

Question 41

What was the status of Cambodia after 1993?

A) It was ruled by China.
B) It was an independent constitutional monarchy.
C) It was an autonomous republic of China.
D) It was an independent Communist country.

Question 42

Which of these does NOT correctly pair a female Asian political leader with her country?

A) Jiang Qing/Korea
B) Benazir Bhutto/Pakistan
C) Megawati Sukarnoputri/Indonesia
D) Indira Gandhi/India

Question 43

Which of these presented the greatest challenge to Suharto, as leader of Indonesia?

A) the Communist party
B) opposition from Western powers
C) Muslim opposition
D) lack of natural resources

Question 44

Pakistan is comprised of a majority Hindu population, but its rulers have always been Muslim.

Question 45

Cambodia's genocide took place during

A) the 1960s.
B) the 1970s.
C) the 1980s.
D) the 1990s.

Question 46

The "father of modern Indonesia" was

A) Muhammad Yamin.
B) Ho Chi Minh.
C) Sukarno.
D) Suharto.

Question 47

In 2004, Indonesia was devastated by

A) civil war.
B) a tsunami.
C) terror attacks.
D) a communist revolution.

Question 48

Mao Zedong's vision for China continues to be the standard for Chinese policy making today.

Question 49

Sukarno did all of the following EXCEPT

A) emerge as a leader of the nonaligned nations.
B) abandon his non-aligned status.
C) establish the Indonesian Nationalist Party.
D) choose Suharto as his successor.

Question 50

Why did China invade Vietnam in 1979?

A) as punishment for Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia
B) to install a Communist government
C) to take control of the Communist movement there
D) in order to invade Cambodia

Question 51

The Tet Offensive caused Americans to question their course in Vietnam.

Question 52

Vietnamization, a plan to gradually reduce America's involvement in the war, was designed by

A) John F. Kennedy.
B) Lyndon Johnson.
C) Richard Nixon.
D) Jimmy Carter.

Question 53

Genocide in Cambodia was carried under

A) the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
B) Vietnamese rule.
C) the Khmer Rouge.
D) Ho Chi Minh.

Question 54

Which of these Asian countries led the way in post-war economic growth?

A) Korea
B) Taiwan
C) Japan
D) China

Question 55

Which of these has resulted from China's one child policy?

A) population decline
B) zero population growth
C) many more boys than girls
D) many more girls than boys

Question 56

Indira Gandhi was the eldest daughter of the Mahatma.

Question 57

The Great Leap Forward was disastrous for Chinese industry.

Question 58

The goal of Panca Sila was

A) democracy.
B) the spread of Communism.
C) national unity.
D) autocratic rule.

Question 59

Which of the following was NOT part of the Panca Sila?

A) belief in one God
B) government by popular consent
C) social justice
D) isolationism

Question 60

Vietnam was reunified with a communist victory in

A) 1975.
B) 1987.
C) 1989.
D) 1998.

Question 61

By the 1980s which Asian country had an economy second only to America's?

Question 62

Which Cambodian leader was responsible for the Khmer Rouge killings?

Question 63

Who ruled South Korea following the Korean War?

Question 64

What was the name of the supply line from the north that brought supplies to the Viet Cong?

Question 65

Evaluate Nixon's role in the opening of China to American relations.

Question 66

Chinese leaders moved toward better relations with the West after a series of border conflicts with the USSR.

Question 67

President Nixon was elected on a promise to bring an end to American involvement in Vietnam.

Question 68

Evaluate changing American attitudes regarding the Vietnam War.

Question 69

Discuss the Chinese Civil War.

Question 70

Khmer is the ethnicity to which most Cambodians belong.

Question 71

Gandhi's political heir was Jawaharlal Nehru.

Question 72

Discuss the conflicts centered on the Kashmir region.

Question 73

Which president helped bring an end to American involvement in the Vietnam War?

Question 74

Which nation tried to broker a truce between the Communists and Nationalists in China in hopes of avoiding civil war?

Question 75

What was the advantage of nonalignment during the Cold War?

Question 76

Where did the Nationalists settle after being defeated by the Communists in China?

Question 77

What was the goal of the Great Leap Forward?

Question 78

Who established the People's Republic of China?

Question 79

What does the name "Pakistan" mean?

Question 80

Mao Zedong opened a dialogue with the United States in hopes of lessening tensions between the two nations.